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breadbasket in Irish

breadbasket in Irish is ciseán aráin — breadbasket means a basket used to hold or carry bread.

breadbasket in Irish

ciseán aráin
noun
A basket used for storing or carrying bread.

What does "breadbasket" mean?

  1. noun A basket used to hold or carry bread.
  2. noun An area that grows large amounts of grain or other food, supplying a wider region.
    "Canada at the turn of the century had become the breadbasket of the British Empire and industrialised Europe and wheat grown on the prairies was consolidated in elevator at Fort William, Ontario to await shipment overseas."
  3. noun The stomach or belly, especially as a target in a fight.
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breadbasket in a sentence

  • Canada at the turn of the century had become the breadbasket of the British Empire and industrialised Europe and wheat grown on the prairies was consolidated in elevator at Fort William, Ontario to await shipment overseas.

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What is "breadbasket" in Irish?
"breadbasket" in Irish is ciseán aráin. breadbasket means: A basket used to hold or carry bread.
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